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Joculator turriger (R. B. Watson, 1886)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Cerithiopsidae »  genus Joculator

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Joculator turriger

Author: Kay, E.A.

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Description

Joculator turrigera (Watson, 1886). Length, 3 mm; diameter, 0.8 mm. Shell: ovate; with two beaded spirals on each whorl; light yellow brown. Spire: protoconch of five slender, conical white whorls; teleoconch of five convex whorls; suture shallow. Sculpture: spiral sculpture of two close-set, prominent rows of beads with narrower interspaces, and on the last whorl a third nearly smooth cord at the margin of the base; axial sculpture not evident. Aperture: rounded; siphonal notch deep; canal not produced. Color: glistening light yellow-brown. Shells of J. turrigera are the most common of all the cerithiopsids at depths of more than 20 m. J. turrigera was described from the Hawaiian Islands.
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Joculator turriger (Watson, 1886)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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